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New Belgian frigates to have only 4 Mk41 missile launchers instead of 8 New Belgian frigates to have only 4 Mk41 missile launchers instead of 8 Thursday, 11 February 2021 09:41 The Netherlands and Belgium are jointly replacing the current M-class frigates. Both countries will each receive two ASW Fregates. The intention was that these ships would be identical, but there will now be a (provisional) difference, Jaime Karremann reports on marineschepen.nl: the Belgian ships will not be equipped with 16 launch cells for missiles, but with 8, the Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine De...

Dutch CV90 MLU focuses on turret 29 January 2021 by Nicholas Fiorenza The mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the CV9035NL infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is focusing mainly on the turret, according to the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) and BAE Systems. The company announced the signing of the contract with the Dutch Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) on 14 January with a press release headlined, ‘BAE Systems receives USD500 million contract to provide new turret for Netherlands’ CV90s’. The RNLA CV9035NLs that returned home from Lithuania at the end of January will be among the 122 IFVs that wil...

Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate replaces Dutch and Belgian M-class frigate Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate replaces Dutch and Belgian M-class frigate Thursday, 14 January 2021 12:21 The Netherlands and Belgium together replace their M-frigates (multipurpose). It has now become known what the new ship class will be called Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF). (Picture source: Dutch MoD) The ship class will consist of 2 Belgian and 2 Dutch frigates. Detecting and fighting submarines will be the main task. The frigates are equipped to do this in the threat environment of the future...

Elbit to provide latest-generation tactical computers for Royal Netherlands Army. The Dutch MoD is buying tactical computers for Royal Netherlands Army vehicles from Elbit Systems, under a contract worth about $24 million. Work will be completed by mid-2024. Elbit Systems will equip various platforms with its seventh-generation Enhanced Tactical Computer (ETC), replacing legacy ETCs that were supplied by the Israeli company more than ten years ago. The new ETCs provide enhanced and more robust C2 and tactical data processing capabilities, improved security for processing and storage of secu...